>You could determine which drives had tapes mounted in them, but it would
>be a matter of piecing through the activity log looking for mounts and
>dismounts, which can be laborious. ...

There are third-party packages which do this kind of thing, to help make
TSM administration a bit easier.  Generally, though, it's largely a matter
of spreading server administration processes and client sessions over time
to minimize contention for serial resources like tape drives.

   Richard Sims